Who’s Who of Cricketers: A Complete Who’s Who of All Cricketers Who Have Played First-class Cricket in England with Full Career Records by Philip Bailey, Philip Thorn & Peter Wynne-Thomas

Who’s Who of Cricketers: A Complete Who’s Who of All Cricketers Who Have Played First-class Cricket in England with Full Career Records by Philip Bailey, Philip Thorn & Peter Wynne-Thomas lands on the shelves of my shop.

Guild Publishing, 1984, Hardback in dust wrapper.

From the cover: Every cricketer who has played in a first-class match in the British Isles, including the members of touring sides, is included in this book. Biographies and complete career figures are given for about 12,000 cricketers.

Only since 1976, when the Association of Cricket Statisticians produced a generally accepted list of first-class matches, has the book been possible, and since then the three authors, all leading Association members, have been engaged on the task.

Research has included the study of books, annuals, periodicals, newspapers (both British and overseas), birth and death registrations, church records, telephone directories and County scorebooks. The number of visits, letters and telephone calls made to archivists, cricket clubs, cricketers and cricketers relatives runs into several thousand.

The result is that the authors have collected a mass of information never before published, and at the same time have been able to correct errors which have occurred in other reference books.

The Whos Who of Cricketers will remain a standard work and the essential authority on the lives and records of all first-class cricketers to play in the British Isles.

Very Good in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a tear to the head of the spine, a small mark to the lower middle. Text complete, clean and tight.

Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 1144 pages. 10″ x 7½”.

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The English Mediaeval House by Margaret Wood Mrs. E. G. Kaines-Thomas

The English Mediaeval House by Margaret Wood [Mrs. E. G. Kaines-Thomas] lands on the shelves of my shop.

Bracken Books, 1985, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Contains a glossary of terms. Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Facsimiles; Black & White Drawings; Diagrams; Tables; Plans;

From the cover: This is the first major book on medieval domestic architecture for over a hundred years a volume substantial in content as in appearance, massively and finely illustrated, in every sense worthy of its great subject.

It is only in the last decade that mediaeval archaeology, so long confined to ecclesiastical buildings, has come into its own. Now fresh discoveries are constantly being made, especially about the houses of ordinary people; organisations investigate and record mediaeval houses below Great House scale. Margaret Wood here records the results of her own and other workers meticulous research, and presents an absorbing study of the evolution rtf the English house.

The period covered is from the Norman Conquest to 1540. The scope of entertaining, the status of various members of the household, national and local politics, the familys relations with its neighbours, its living standards, taste in decorations and recreations, all influenced the style and construction of dwelling houses, many hundreds of which are cited as examples. Some of these homes the public may see for themselves; others built of more flimsy materials or, for some reason, subjects of attack, have long vanished, but archaeological evidence has enabled their form and appearance to be deduced in detail.

After an introductory summary of the recent work on excavation and recording and a chapter on the main types of mediaeval house, the author devotes a separate chapter to each architectural feature The Kitchen, The Central Hearth, Windows and so on. The many examples cited are listed in references at the end of the chapters with their dates. A glossary, bibliography and index are included. Sixty pages of beautiful and instructive photographs include many taken by the author in the course of her excavations and research. There are also approximately 150 plans, diagrams and drawings, enhancing a book that has established itself as the definitive work on the subject for many years to come.

Introduction by: Sir Mortimer Wheeler

Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper very slightly rubbed at the edges. Top edge of the text block spotted. Text complete, clean and tight.

Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XXX] 448 pages. Index. Bibliography. 9½” x 7½”.

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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel lands on the shelves of my shop.

Fourth Estate, 2009, Hardback in dust wrapper.

7th printing. [First Published: 2009]

From the cover: England in the 15205 is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years, and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe oppose him. The quest for the petulant kings freedom destroys his advisor, the brilliant Cardinal Wolsey, and leaves a power vacuum and a deadlock.

Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell. Son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a bully and a charmer, Cromwell has broken all the rules of a rigid society in his rise to power, and is prepared to break some more. Rising from the ashes of personal disaster the loss of his young family and of Wolsey, his beloved patron he picks his way deftly through a court where man is wolf to man. Pitting himself against parliament, the political establishment and the papacy, he is prepared to reshape England to his own and Henrys desires.

From one of our Finest living writers, Wolf Hall is that very rare thing: a truly great English novel, one that explores the intersection of individual psychology and wider politics. With a vast array of characters, and richly overflowing with incident, it peels back history to show us Tudor England as a half-made society, moulding itself with great passion and suffering and courage.

Very Good in Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper with short tears to the corners and spine ends. Text complete, clean and tight.

Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XVII] 653 pages. 9½” x 6¼”.

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